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A standing order of the Travis County District Courts and County Courts at Law facilitating the disclosure of criminal history record information (Gov't Code sec. 411.084 / art. 39.14) and HIPAA-covered medical records to the defense in criminal cases.
Applies to criminal cases in Travis County Courts at Law Nos. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9. The County Courts at Law's Agreed Standing Order on Discovery of Criminal Histories (May 10, 2023) and the District Courts' Standing Order on Discovery of Criminal History Record Information (August 15, 2023) are published separately. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
[Handwritten at the top of the page: C-1-CR-11-100054] IN THE COUNTY COURT AT LAW #3, COUNTY COURT AT LAW #4, COUNTY COURT AT LAW #5, COUNTY COURT AT LAW #6, COUNTY COURT AT LAW #7, COUNTY COURT AT LAW #8, AND COUNTY COURT AT LAW #9 IN AND FOR TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXAS ORDER FOR DISCOVERY AND DISCLOSURE OF CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION AND MEDICAL RECORDS COVERED BY HIPPA AND THE TEXAS MEDICAL RECORDS PRIVACY ACT The judges of the above referenced courts in Travis County, Texas enter the following orders to facilitate the exchange and disclosure of discoverable information in the possession of the State of Texas pursuant to Article 39.14 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure (hereinafter referred to as "Article 39.14"). These orders apply only to criminal cases filed in Travis County, Texas. CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION In order to ensure compliance with Section 411.084 of the Texas Government Code, the above referenced courts hereby order the Travis County County Attorney (hereinafter referred to as the "County Attorney") to disclose the criminal history record information of defendants in the criminal cases filed in the above referenced courts, and any criminal history record information of witnesses as required under Article 39.14(h), to the attorney of record for the defendant in the case pertaining to the file. The above referenced courts further order that defense attorneys receiving or using the information obtained by this order shall comply with the provisions of Chapter 411 of the Texas Government Code and Article 39.14 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, relating to the use and dissemination of criminal history record information, and shall refrain from conduct that would constitute a violation of Section 411.085 of the Texas Government Code. Nothing in this order requires the Travis County County Attorney to conduct further investigation or inquiry into criminal history record information unless further ordered by the above referenced courts or otherwise required by law. PROTECTED HEALTH INFORMATION COVERED BY HIPPA AND THE TEXAS MEDICAL RECORDS PRIVACY ACT [File stamp printed across the right margin of the next paragraph: FILED FOR RECORD, 2017 FEB -6 PM 2:37, DANA DEBEAUVOIR, COUNTY CLERK, TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXAS; the words beneath it are read as printed] In order to ensure compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (hereinafter referred to as "HIPAA"), the related privacy regulations found in the Code of Federal Regulations, and the Texas Medical Records Privacy Act, the above referenced courts hereby order the County Attorney to disclose protected health information related to criminal cases filed in the above referenced courts, whether of defendants or witnesses, in accordance with Article 39.14, to the attorney of record for the defendant in the case pertaining to the file. The above referenced courts further order that defense attorneys receiving or using the information obtained by this order shall comply with the provisions of HIPAA, the related privacy rules, the Texas Medical Records Privacy Act, and Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 39.14, regarding the use and dissemination of protected health information. Nothing in this order requires the County Attorney to conduct further investigation or inquiry into protected health information unless further ordered by the above referenced courts or otherwise required by law. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the above orders are effective __________ [blank left unfilled, crossed by a signature stroke], 2017. Date: 2-6-17 [handwritten] [signature] Presiding Judge of the COUNTY COURT AT LAW #3 Date: 2-6-17 [handwritten] [signature] Presiding Judge of the COUNTY COURT AT LAW #4 Date: 2-6-17 [handwritten] [signature] Presiding Judge of the COUNTY COURT AT LAW #5 Date: 2-6-17 [handwritten] [signature] Presiding Judge of the COUNTY COURT AT LAW #6 Date: 2/3/17 [handwritten] [signature] Presiding Judge of the COUNTY COURT AT LAW #7 Date: 2/3/17 [handwritten] [signature] Presiding Judge of the COUNTY COURT AT LAW #8 Date: 2-3-17 [handwritten] [signature] Presiding Judge of the COUNTY COURT AT LAW #9 [File stamp: FILED FOR RECORD, 2017 FEB -6 PM 2:37, DANA DEBEAUVOIR, COUNTY CLERK, TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXAS]
[Handwritten at the top of the page: C-1-CR-11-100054] IN THE COUNTY COURT AT LAW #3, COUNTY COURT AT LAW #4, COUNTY COURT AT LAW #5, COUNTY COURT AT LAW #6, COUNTY COURT AT LAW #7, COUNTY COURT AT LAW #8, AND COUNTY COURT AT LAW #9 IN AND FOR TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXAS ORDER FOR DISCOVERY AND DISCLOSURE OF CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION AND MEDICAL RECORDS COVERED BY HIPPA AND THE TEXAS MEDICAL RE
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-06 from the TOPICs custody scan (609 and 1517 text layers read; the county-courts discovery order 1363 bundled). Registered at the county-court and district-court levels; bundled. Bound to Travis County (criminal). Unbundled 2026-09-07 (F2): docs 1363 (the County Courts at Law's Agreed Standing Order on Discovery of Criminal Histories, May 10, 2023) and 1517 (the District Courts' Standing Order on Discovery of Criminal History Record Information, August 15, 2023) had been bundled here as copies; they are separate instruments and are now their own rules. This rule carries doc 609 only. [TRANSCRIBED BY EYE 2026-09-21 (corpus-0920 P12): every page of the registered file (sha256 91e9d97f1aa0..., 2 page(s), digital layer that failed the machine checks; text taken from the layer and corrected word by word from the page) read against the rendered file; verbatim, source typos kept, stamps/signatures bracketed; the earlier abstract replaced by the full instrument; confidence high. benchpath-tx-corpus0920-p12-2026-09-21]
Standing order of the 109th Judicial District Court for every pending or later-filed case in Andrews, Winkler and Crane Counties: any attorney or self-represented litigant who uses any form of artificial intelligence for legal research or drafting in a case must, before using AI-generated information in a court submission or proceeding, sign and submit the court's certification form stating that all language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments and legal analysis created or contributed to by generative AI were verified as accurate by a human through traditional (non-AI) legal sources, and acknowledging responsibility and potential sanctions for their or their co-counsel's failure to comply. Effective immediately; in effect until rescinded or replaced.
Standing order of the 109th Judicial District Court for every pending or later-filed case in Andrews, Winkler and Crane Counties: any attorney or self-represented litigant who uses any form of artificial intelligence for legal research or drafting in a case must, before using AI-generated information in a court submission or proceeding, sign and submit the court's certification form stating that all language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments and legal analysis created or contributed to by generative AI were verified as accurate by a human through traditional (non-AI) legal sources, and acknowledging responsibility and potential sanctions for their or their co-counsel's failure to comply. Effective immediately; in effect until rescinded or replaced.